The Norwegian Finance Initiative (NFI) is awarding a prize for the best master's thesis in financial economics written at a university in Norway during the last academic year. If you have written a good masters thesis that falls within the field of financial economics, we encourage you to submit your thesis for consideration.

The Department of Economics wants to improve the study programs. We would therefore ask you to spend 5-7 minutes to respond to questions about the courses you follow this term. This will be valuable feedback for teachers, administration and the management of the Department.

You shall only answer this form once and only respond to questions about the courses you follow spring 2018.

In memory of Erik Blytt, a former student and researcher at SUM, the Centre annually advertises a stipend for master students of NOK 3000 per month, with 6 - 12 months attachment to the Centre.

The recipient of the stipend will have modest duties, primarily to assist SUM's interdisciplinary Research School in Development and the Environment. This will leave ample time for writing their master’s thesis, which should be on some theme of relevance to one of SUM's research areas/themes.

This evening you can stay at the library until midnight and focus on your writing. There are events during the whole evening, see the program and more information on the library's website. Here you also can see what events will be in English.

The University of British Columbia (BC, Canada) is conducting a research project that surveys views among students in economics on different topics and issues related to economics.

In this survey you will be presented with short statements from different scholars, mainly in economics, regarding different economic views and ideas. You will be asked to indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement.

This survey is running in 19 different countries and is part of a research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and has also received a certificate of approval from the Behavioural Research Ethics Board at UBC.

All the responses you provide in this survey will be treated as confidential.

The deadline to apply for a supervisor is March 16. Remember that you must fill in the online form regardless of whether you have made personal arrangements with a supervisor, or wish the master's committee to assign you a supervisor.

We want to draw your attention to the Summer school of the Norwegian Finance Initiative (NFI). The summer school is intended to be an appetizer for top students that may have an interest in pursuing a PhD in finance.

Polit Case Competition is a case competition tailored to students of economics where participants have the opportunity to apply economic theory to a real-life case. The case incorporates aspects that build upon the tools obtained as a student of economics.

Polit Case Competition is also an opportunity to meet some of the most interesting employers of economists as the event is organized in collaboration with our partner companies.

Polit Case Competition 2018 will take place in March at the University of Copenhagen.

Your travel expenses will be covered if you travel from a university outside the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

Landsforeningen for kvinner med bekkenleddsmerter (LKB) offers a scholarship to a master student who wants to write a master thesis about the social costs of women getting afflicted with pelvic griddle pain.

Our main interest is in costs related to dropout from work life (short-term and long-term)

How are the costs distributed between the public, the employees, and the employer and her family?

If possible: discussion of other costs associated with these women's reduced ability to do unpaid housework and, more generally, their reduced functional level

What do LKB offer?

20,000 NOK

Not supervisor or workplace, but LKB's project leader works as a researcher in economics and may offer some assistance

The Department will host a meeting about obtaining a supervisor, planning and writing your thesis and expectations.

The meeting will be held February 1 at 16:15 – 18:00in auditorium 2, ES.

In addition to giving you practical information, we have invited external researchers to talk about their projects. This might give you an opportunity to join in on some of their projects or get ideas for topics or themes for your thesis.

Some of the researchers will stay after the meeting has finished so you will have a chance to discuss your thesis prospect with them.

Climate change is raising profound challenges at every level, and to every part and member of society. Confronting and resolving issues regarding both causes and consequences of climate change is of utmost urgency. This calls for collaboration and knowledge-sharing that crosses disciplines and borders.

All undergraduate and postgraduate students from all countries and academic disciplines are invited to participate in the first Bergen International Student Conference, hosted by the University of Bergen.